CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de.
The life and exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the original Spanish... by Charles Jarvis, Esq; the whole carefully revised and corrected, with a new translation of the poetical parts by another hand. The second edition.
London: for J. and R. Tonson, S. Draper and R. Dodsley, 1749.
2 vols., 8vo (207 × 118 mm.), pp. xxii, [xxvi], 406; [xvi], 422. 24 engraved plates (including frontispiece to vol. 1) by Van de Gucht after Van de Band. Some browning and spotting throughout, later ownership inscriptions. Contemporary sprinkled calf, panelled spines with 5 raised bands, red morocco labels lettered in gilt, numbered direct. Rubbed, joints of vol.1 just starting at head. A good copy.
Jarvis's edition, which "is generally acknowledged as being close in spirit to the original" (Oxford DNB) was first published in 1742 and was frequently reprinted. It includes a reimpression of The life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra. Written by Don Gregorio Mayáns & Siscár (1738) and A supplement to the translator's preface, more commonly known as A dissertation on the origin of books of chivalry, by William Warburton.
£850.00
US$1687.93*
* Given as a guide only. Based on an exchange rate of £1 = US$1.985799 for the day 25 July 2008 but liable to fluctuate.
25 July 2008